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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; power to make loan commitments and loans to local governments and nongovernment agencies for projects that permanently protect land and water; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, so as to provide for the power to make loan commitments and loans to local governments and nongovernment agencies for projects that permanently protect land and water; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 901"
+citation: "Georgia HB 901 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lumsden", "Gerald Greene", "Lynn Smith", "Marcus Wiedower", "Mike Cheokas"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-05"
+last_action: "2020-08-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/275a127f-1353-495f-8821-b376d266151c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "7d1571784aed36fefc9492deede1e31e6be9663c8ead428bb691f402cea890b4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 901 (2019_20) — Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; power to make loan commitments and loans to local governments and nongovernment agencies for projects that permanently protect land and water; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, so as to provide for the power to make loan commitments and loans to local governments and nongovernment agencies for projects that permanently protect land and water; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 901/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195261.pdf)
+2. **LC 45 0379/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189504.pdf)
+3. **LC 45 0419S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193115.pdf)
+4. **LC 45 0419S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192415.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 1523S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194410.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **165–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
+- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
+- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
+- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
+- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-05** House Hopper
+- **2020-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-12** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2020-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-18** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-20** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-25** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2020-06-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2020-06-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-08-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-08-03** Act 545 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-08-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/275a127f-1353-495f-8821-b376d266151c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+